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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1841, 8 December 1869, Page 4

; To the Editor of the Hehaip. Slit—"From the letter ot your correspondent at Komokoriki, in your of this date, an ordinary reader would bo led to suppose that Mr. T.aybourn was substituted for myself as a truslti- ;;f th« Highway Oourd, through my neglect to pay the rates, and thcrefara not eligible for the office. 1 beg to say my rates wero paid long before either of the new trustees, moat of whom I believe oa".y paid theirs i:t tho last moment, so 49 to enable them to vote and to hold office. An your correspondent is well aware, my appointment as trustee was dona in my absence, and wis u mistake on the r,art of those present at the first meeting. lam rot a resident in the district, and would have been quite unab t.. attend at meetings of the Board. I must take this opportunity of protesting against the ntateroent of your correspondent, that the settlers at the first meeting ciisplayed a " lamentable ignorance" of the requirements of tho Highway Act. He forgets tha} these Hoards are only in their infancy, and, con-.-qii! ntlj-, the settlors cannot be expected to bo Tfeii up in tho working of the Act. it is a pity newspaper country correspondents aro not more cureful in their remarks, and not allow themselves to be led into displaying their private animosities in their letters intended for the public.—l am, &c, Thomas J. 21. King. Auckland, December 7, 1869. _«. To the Editor of the Heboid. Sib, —My attention has been called to a moßfc outrageous assertion which appears in your report of the proceedings, in which Mr. John Kerr, SI.H.R., in returning thanks for the support accorded him at the lato election for the Pensioner accuses me of having offered to secure his return on payment of a £5 note. Sow I distinctly and most emphatically deny ever having made such a proposition, in fact I have not for more than eighteen months exchanged a single word with Mr. Kerr about politics. I have been mixed up in political matters during tho last fifteen years, and I dofy any one during that period to prove that f have received a single sixpence for electioneering purposes, lean assure Mr. Kerr that I shall be vory glad to see him come out ■ for the .Pensioner Settlements at the forthcoming election for members of tho House of Representatives, in order that he, as every Centralist deserves to do, may see, feel, and test, his present popularity. — 1 am, &c, Kejtond iOIEi".